Biased Accounts: Part III

Risky Business: Media Bearish on Personal Freedom - Tying personal Social Security accounts to a risky stock market, journalists portray a wild investment world filled with simpletons.
Amy Menefee

For London Socialist, Taxes are the Answer

AP omits Red from Livingstones resume in coverage of his worldwide tax proposal.

FX Looks Left to Peak at Oil

Energy apocalypse is one big worst-case scenario
Dan Gainor

ABC Helps Officials Beef About Their Own Statistics

World News Tonight weighs in on the side of the Centers for Disease Control about obesity.
Dan Gainor

Media Neglect Support for Personal Accounts

Why are the media ignoring 450 economists in favor of personal accounts, including 5 Nobel Prize winners?

Network Doomsday Warnings Run Out of Gas

Gasoline prices actually fell during the week leading up to Memorial Day, but broadcasters reminded drivers of record highs.

Article Treats Wal-Mart Critics as Labor Experts

Media confuse the housing issue by comparing real estate to the stock market and stoking fears of a national bust.
Dan Gainor

Bubble, Boom or Bust

Media confuse the housing issue by comparing real estate to the stock market and stoking fears of a national bust.

NBC Fuels Gas Price Hysteria

Network blames the president for high gas prices and emphasizes government regulation and taxes over free-market solutions.

News Coverage Skews View of Social Security Reform

Networks deliver liberal talking points and then the media wonders why support for personal accounts isnt stronger.
Herman Cain

Payday at CBS: 60 Minutes Cashes in on Another Business Attack

Network uses disgruntled customers, competitor and frustrated official to target loan companies.
Dan Gainor

Obesity Coverage: Give or Take 75,000 Deaths

The media cant seem to get the CDCs updated obesity statistics straight.

Large Tax Increase Not Newsy Enough for Media

Major outlets ignore Democratic Congressmans Social Security proposal that would raise the payroll tax.

Biased Accounts: Part II - Truth About Social Security Reform Lost in

Networks cite red-herring costs of personal accounts without explaining what they mean.